BAGA FIELDS |
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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
Common |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
2/3 birds near Beira Mar Hotel |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Several birds dotted around fields & ponds |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
One perched in tree immediately behind Beira Mar |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Single bird flying over |
Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
Single bird on telephone wires |
White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
4/5 birds on pool behind Beira Mar |
Greater Painted-snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
2 males at foot of reeds on pool near Baga bridge |
Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
Several birds dotted around fields |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Common |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
3/4 birds near water |
Southern (Greater) Coucal |
Centropus sinensis parroti |
2 birds in trees around edge of fields |
Spotted Owlet |
Athene brama |
Roosting bird in woods at side of Beira Mar |
Asian Palm-swift |
Cypsiurus balasiensis |
Common |
House Swift |
Apus affinis |
Common |
White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
Common |
Black-capped Kingfisher |
Halcyon pileata |
Single bird on telephone wires behind Beira Mar |
Little Green Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
Common |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops philippinus |
Small flock around river and on wires |
Indian Roller |
Coracias benghalensis |
Confiding bird on wires near Baga bridge |
White-cheeked Barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
Several birds in trees around edge of fields |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Common |
Paddyfield Pipit |
Anthus rufulus |
Common |
Tawny Pipit |
Anthus campestris |
4/6 birds among Paddyfield Pipits |
White-browed Wagtail |
Motacilla madaraspatensis |
2/3 birds in fields towards Baga Bridge |
Siberian Stonechat |
Saxicola maurus indicus |
Relatively common here |
Indian Black Robin |
Saxicoloides fulicata |
2/3 birds in fields towards Baga Bridge |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Common |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Common |
Rufous Treepie |
Dendrocitta vagabunda |
Single bird in trees near Baga bridge |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Rosy Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
Two large flocks of upto 50 birds each |
Common Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
Several birds among Jungle Mynah flocks |
Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Common |
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